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Starting a SaaS as a side hustle or wanting to make it full time, but still unsure what SaaS business idea to go with? Here are 6 Micro SaaS ideas that you can steal. Episode Sponsor  This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with their engineers. https://lemon.io/microconf LINKS F...

Want to grow your SaaS this year but unsure how to position your brand for better results? These SaaS positioning strategies will help set your SaaS brand up for massive growth in 2023. LINKS FROM THE POD: Watch this on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel

Don't know how to code but have a great idea for a startup? You may have heard of no code SaaS - but is it real or all hype? Watch now to learn the pros and cons of no code SaaS and the ideas no code is great for. Episode Sponsor  This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with thei...

Looking at starting a SaaS business but not sure where to start? Growing a startup from scratch doesn't have to be so hard that you lose excitement and burn out fast. Here are 8 simplified steps on how to build a SaaS from scratch. Links from the Pod The SaaS Playbook Watch this Video on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel

Want your side hustle to make more money and go full time? This is how to turn you SaaS side hustle into a full-time gig in 2023. Episode Sponsor  This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with their engineers. https://lemon.io/microconf Links from the Pod The SaaS Playbook Watch t...

Looking for more SaaS ideas? Here are some to build right now to start generating $10k+ MRR. Finding SaaS opportunities isn't always the easiest. I'm happy to be able to give you some simple SaaS ideas in this video. Links from the Pod: The SaaS Playbook Watch this video on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel MicroConf Mastermind Matching  

Make thousands more in monthly recurring revenue and by using this SaaS cheat code. This is our favorite way to generate more revenue even when you're not bringing in more customers. Episode Sponsor: This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with their engineers. https://lemon.io/m...

In this Q&A session from MicroConf US 2023, a team from Quiet Light Brokerage , including Chuck Mullins, Jon Hainstock, and Chris Guthrie, answer attendee questions about selling, and preparing to sell, a B2B SaaS business. They also talk about their 4 pillars of business value when it comes to selling a business.    Thanks to our partner Quiet Light for being a MicroConf headline partner! Lin...

Wondering how to recession proof your SaaS business? Here are 7 things to do right now to protect your cash flow, profit margins, investments and revenue in 2023.   Episode Sponsor: This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with their engineers. https://lemon.io/microconf   Links f...

ChatGPT is an Open AI tool you need to check out! Here are 8 ways you can use ChatGPT in your SaaS or startup operations. These major opportunities can help with speed, copywriting, basic coding, customer support, knowledge bases and more.   Links from the Pod: MicroConf Europe   Watch this video on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf Youtube Channel

"Should I quit my startup?" Choosing to close a business is never easy but it may be time for a fresh start. Here are 6 signs it's time to move on from a failed startup. Episode Sponsor: This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with their engineers. https://lemon.io/microconf Link...

Struggling to grow your SaaS? In this talk from MicroConf Europe 2022, Marc Thomas, Head of Growth at Powered By Search, shares hard-earned lessons from scaling his own startup and helping hundreds of other SaaS companies achieve rapid growth. Marc lays out his Predictable Growth framework, identifying 9 essential levers for success including attracting high-quality leads, building authority, opti...

Launching a SaaS business in 2023 and still looking for an idea? Well, here are 7 SaaS ideas to build in 2023! These are new SaaS ideas that I am surprised no one has built yet so much sure to take advantage of these ideas now. Episode Sponsor: Lemon.io This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4...

Plateauing in your business? Break through any SaaS revenue plateau with this simple solution, plus prevent future revenue plateaus with a quick calculation. Troubleshooting and proactively preventing your next plateau will happen you will reduce churn and increase revenue. Links from the Pod: MicroConf Mastermind Matching Watch this video on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel

ChatGPT, GPT-4, OpenAI and all the rest... You've no doubt heard of the AI tools rolling out. But is it all good? This real life case study reveals the dangers of AI, how AI tools can either help or hurt your business growth and SaaS apps or services, and what to do moving forward...   Check out this blog post with 7 more AI nightmares: https://microconf.com/latest/ai-nightmares-and-chatgpt-cautio...

In this episode, Rob Walling recounts building a multi-million dollar startup with $0 venture capital... Rob walks you through his journey of building Drip, and his step-by-step process for growing a profitable startup, plus how to build it from Day 1 so it actually sells.   Listen to the end to hear his BIGGEST regret!   Links from the Pod: Back The SaaS Playbook on Kickstarter Subscribe to the M...

If you've been laid off from a big tech company, you may be considering starting your own business. But is it the right move for you? In this podcast, we'll explore the reasons to start a business, reasons not to, and four tips to increase your chance of success.   Links from the Pod: Back The SaaS Playbook on Kickstarter Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube  

In this podcast, recorded at a MicroConf Local in Austin, Jason Cohen sits down with Rob Walling for a fireside chat at the WP Engine headquarters. The cover a range of topics including: Finding Product Market Fit Understanding how customers think about pricing and how to get them to pay more Identifying the Right Metrics Using Excitement as a Reason to Do Something If you haven't seen Jason's tal...

You got your first 100 customers, now what? How do you continue getting customers and keep them long term to reduce churn? Get more SaaS users with these simple strategies for scaling SaaS beyond 1000 customers. Links from the Pod: The SaaS Playbook Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube  

In this audio from MicroConf Remote 5.0, Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at Sparktoro, discusses the how content marketing trending more and more toward zero-click content.  Amanda gives away 3 methods for creating zero-click content from your existing long form content. Links from the Pod: Get your ticket for MicroConf Remote 6.0 Amanda Natividad | Twitter Sparktoro Get the slides from this tal...

The crash of Silicon Valley Bank has a lot of founders on edge, and rightly so!   While the FDIC and the Federal Reserve have announced that they will step in and guarantee all deposits, even those above the FDIC threshold, there's still much to be sorted out in the coming days.   In this audio pulled from a YouTube livestream on Monday, March 13th, Rob Walling and Einar Vollset, co-founders of Ti...

In this audio from MicroConf Remote 5.0, Eran Galperin, founder of GymDesk, chats with Rob Walling about leveraging Capterra to find more customers for your SaaS app. Links from the Pod: Get your ticket for MicroConf Remote 6.0 Eran Galperin | Twitter GymDesk Get the slides from this talk GymDesk's Capterra Page

In this talk from MicroConf Remote 5.0, Gia Laudi of Forget the Funnel walks through using customer surveys and Jobs to Be Done interviews to discover how your product helps your best customers, so that you can find more of those ideal customers.   Links from the Pod: MicroConf Remote 6.0: March 21 + 22, 2023 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET Gia Laudi | Twitter Forget the Funnel Get the slide deck

In this talk from MicroConf Growth US 2022, Rob Walling walks through 31 quick tactics for that get outsized results in your business. The tactics are broken up into the following categories: Growth Product Productivity Operations Get the slide deck here: Links from the Pod: MicroConf US 2023   Get the slide deck here  Watch this talk with slides on YouTube Rob Walling I Twitter

If Rob was starting over today, here's 3 steps he'd take to $1M+ revenue.   In this audio from a recent YouTube video, Rob breaks down his stair step approach to bootstrapping a SaaS business. Check out his original article here: The Stair Step Method of Bootstrapping   Links from Pod: List of SaaS Marketplaces Episode 612 of Startups for the Rest of Us Start Small, Stay Small Watch the video vers...